• CileTheSane
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    5 months ago

    Because they never say “wish”, they just issue commands.

    • rbn@sopuli.xyz
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      5 months ago

      I dunno. If he told the djinn ‘Give me a nice car’ or ‘Make Trump eat a pile of dog poop’ in response to the offering of 3 wishes, that qualifies as a wish to me even though it doesn’t contain the word.

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        5 months ago

        But then the genie would simply fulfill your next three statements, rather than your next three wishes.